bær
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛr/, [b̥æɐ̯]
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See bære.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛːr/, [b̥æɐ̯ˀ]
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paiːr/ (
)listen (file) - Rhymes: -aiːr
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæːr/
- Homophone: ber (in some dialects)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.
Germanic cognates: Old Frisian bar, Old Saxon bar, Middle Dutch bar, baer (Dutch bar, baar), Old High German bar (German bar), Old Norse berr (Swedish bar, Norwegian Nynorsk berr).
Indo-European cognates: Balto-Slavic *basas (Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass, Russian босой (bosoj), Polish bosy), Albanian mbath (“I wear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bær/
Adjective
bær
- bare, naked, unconcealed
- Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo: we stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)
Declension
Declension of bær — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | bær | baru, -o | bær |
Accusative | bærne | bare | bær |
Genitive | bares | bærre | bares |
Dative | barum | bærre | barum |
Instrumental | bare | bærre | bare |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | bare | bara, -e | baru, -o |
Accusative | bare | bara, -e | baru, -o |
Genitive | bærra | bærra | bærra |
Dative | barum | barum | barum |
Instrumental | barum | barum | barum |
Declension of bær — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | bara | bare | bare |
Accusative | baran | baran | bare |
Genitive | baran | baran | baran |
Dative | baran | baran | baran |
Instrumental | baran | baran | baran |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | baran | baran | baran |
Accusative | baran | baran | baran |
Genitive | bærra, barena | bærra, barena | bærra, barena |
Dative | barum | barum | barum |
Instrumental | barum | barum | barum |
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: bär
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